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Nerve pain that lingers for more than a month is called postherpetic neuralgia, or PHN, and it can last for years in some patients.

Painful Shingles Can Strike More Than Once Melinda Beck 2011

Sometimes individuals develop a long-lasting pain condition called postherpetic neuralgia.

Shingles vaccine can protect you but it can be hard to find 2011

It is estimated that up to one in five people with shingles will experience prolonged pain after shingles, known as postherpetic neuralgia or PHN.

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Shingles and its painful complication, called postherpetic neuralgia, result from reactivation of the chicken pox virus, which remains in the body after a childhood bout and is usually dormant in the adult.

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It provides up to 12 weeks of reduce pain for so-called postherpetic neuralgia

Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010

Skin Care Treatment The pain remaining after an acute episode of shingles is called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN).

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White says the rash may lead to a serious complication called postherpetic neuralgia, a condition causing the skin to remain painful and sensitive to touch for months or even years after the rash clears up.

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The condition, called postherpetic neuralgia, affects up to a quarter of shingles patients and can cause shooting or burning pain, an electric shock feeling in the body or skin highly sensitive to touch.

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A condition called postherpetic neuralgia occurs if shingles pain persists after the rash disappears.

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That’s good news, since some chronic conditions can increase the risk of developing the disease, and of having serious complications from it, including a hard-to-treat complication called postherpetic neuralgia, which can cause debilitating pain that can last months, even years.

Shingles vaccine effective, but underused 2011